poetry terms

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Five heavy beats per line

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pentameter

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This poem follows no rules. It doesn't have a meter or rhyme.

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free verse

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The meter that Shakespeare used u/u/

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iambic

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A sentence, phrase, or word arranged into a single row.

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line

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The way a poem looks on a page.

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form

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This is the attitude of the poet or writer shown through his or her word choices and techniques.

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tone

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Words and phrases that appeal to a reader's five senses, sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.

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imagery

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What is it called when a poem has repeated words or phrases; used to make something clear or to draw attention to the words or phrases?

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Repetition

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Personification

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A figure of speech that gives human-like characteristics to an abstract idea or non-human thing is called

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personification